narcissus
see also: Narcissus
Pronunciation
Narcissus
Proper noun
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see also: Narcissus
Pronunciation
- (GA) IPA: /nɑɹˈsɪsəs/
narcissus (plural narcissuses or narcissi)
- Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil
- A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus
- French: narcisse
- German: Narzisse
- Italian: narciso
- Portuguese: narciso
- Russian: нарци́сс
- Spanish: narciso
Narcissus
Proper noun
- (Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.
- 1994, Ronald Bogue, Mihai Spariosu, The Play of the Self, [http://books.google.com/books?id=hZQPVjxf2RkC&pg=PA34&dq=%22Narcissus%22+-intitle:%22Narcissus%22&hl=en&ei=7q2mToegO-6viQf8tuz7DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwATjcAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Narcissus%22%20-intitle%3A%22Narcissus%22&f=false page 34],
- We may now affirm that Plato's cave is inhabited by Narcissus. He already knows, but the knowledge he possesses is still a bit confused, obscure (this knowledge is situated in the caves of the memory, a dark space much like Narcissus’s place).
- 1994, Ronald Bogue, Mihai Spariosu, The Play of the Self, [http://books.google.com/books?id=hZQPVjxf2RkC&pg=PA34&dq=%22Narcissus%22+-intitle:%22Narcissus%22&hl=en&ei=7q2mToegO-6viQf8tuz7DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwATjcAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Narcissus%22%20-intitle%3A%22Narcissus%22&f=false page 34],
- narcissism
- Narcissus complex
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